Berty Cadilhac was born in 1973 in Paris. At the age of 14, he was sent to and Irish boarding school, Clongowes Wood College.
During his 6 months stay, he discovered Black and White photo processing in the school lab, and grew a passion for photography.

Back to France, he felt like seeing his city through new eyes.
Influenced by the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Brassai, he spent most of his free time walking in the streets of Paris, trying to capture the soul of the city.

Berty was inspired by the adventurous lifestyle of Robert Capa and Raymond Depardon whom he admired for their willingness to change the world, oblivious of the risk taken.
As a teenager, he read extensively the French “Poêtes Maudits” (Accursed Poets), Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine, fascinated by their life outside or against society, and their perception of life and humankind.

As a student, he quickly go bored with academic education, he gave classes to prisoners, and organized humanitarian projects in Lithuania and Africa. He was shocked by extreme poverty, but amazed by the resilience of struggling communities.

Hitting the road became an obsession. In 1996 he participated in the photographic raid Paris-North Cape.
At the age of 23, he left France for a 6 month stay in Australia.
Back to Europe, he moved in 1998 to Ireland.
In 2000, he moved from Dublin to the Netherlands, where he spent two and half years.
Working in soul-less office jobs for a living, Berty worked on B&W photographic projects in parallel. He published the book “4 Seasons in Amsterdam”, of humanist inspiration.

At the age of 29, he decided it was time to become “serious” with photography, and went to Singapore in an attempt to start a career as a full time photographer.
With no working visa, he worked illegally as a freelance photographer, and started his first contemporary art experiment.
In September 2002 he launched the Stringray-Project, with an installation in the swimming pool of the Ambassador of Ireland in Singapore. The perception of images through a layer of water symbolized our perception of reality through filter of subjectivity.
Early 2003, Franz Lanthaler invited him to exhibit in his contemporary gallery ArtSeasons. Berty exhibited a picture immersed in a vase shaped as huge champagne glass.

Uninspired by the pristine and sterile environment of Singapore, Berty moved to Bangkok, fascinated by the chaos and vibes of the "City of Angels".

He continued working as a freelance photographer, but his focus shifted towards the Stingray-Project.
Influenced by the creations of Kounellis, who was questioning the environment of the gallery, Berty created a new photo-based installation in a swimming pool in Ao-Nang (South Thailand).
He even went as far as to create an installation under the sea, in the island of Koh-Tao, an "exhibition for the fish".

Immersed in the Thai culture and lifestyle, avoiding the white “expat” environment, Berty's work started showing influence of Buddhist themes such as Impermanence, Suffering and Reincarnation.

He organized a last installation in an empty swimming pool, illustrating the financial fiasco of his adventure.

In September 2004, he left Thailand for Australia where he now resides.
He created a new installation in the streets of Sydney, which was later exhibited at CarriageWorks.

The following project is named Samsara, and explore the cyclic dynamics of our lives.

Berty Cadilhac describes his art as a kind of experimental condition in which he explores how our everyday life can be interpreted and extended through art.
His works are often infused with a sense of poetry and symbolism.